Saturday, July 8, 2017

Poe 1968, Pt. 24

Editorial Temporae / Revistas Populares was a publisher in Mexico active in the 1960s & 70s.

EL MONJE LOCO ("The Mad Monk") could be described as Mexico's version of EC's horror hosts-- except, he predated them by quite a few years. Created by Luis de Llano Palmer (1918-2012), the character debuted on a radio show in 1937. Like EC's later "Vault Keeper",
he wore a robe with a hood over his head, and introduced and/or
narrated countless horror tales. His famous catch-phrase was, "Nadie sabe, nadie supo" ("No one knows, no one knew"), immortalized by the cavernous voice of
Salvador Carrasco.

In late 1967, Novaro, under the imprint Editorial Temporae, began a series that eventually ran 169 weekly issues!!!